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OSCE course on travel document security concludes in Ashgabad
Publishing date: 12 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Education, Countering terrorism
ASHGABAD, 12 September 2008- A two-week OSCE-sponsored training course on strengthening travel document security concluded in Ashgabad today...
OSCE plays key role in global anti-terrorism work by helping participating States fulfil international commitments, UN meeting hears
Publishing date: 5 September 2008
NEW YORK, 5 September 2008- The OSCE's work to support its 56 participating States as they strive to fulfil international and OSCE counter-terrorism commitments forms a crucial part of the global effort, Raphael Perl, the head of the OSCE Action...
OSCE hosts expert meeting on protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attack
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 17 July 2008- Protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attack is the focus of an OSCE meeting that started in Vienna today...
OSCE hosts Central Asia legal workshop to help boost fight against organized crime
Publishing date: 9 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 9 July 2008- International legal experts joined 68 counterparts from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Ukraine today at an OSCE-hosted workshop focusing on confiscating criminal assets, combating money laundering...
Closer co-ordination between international organizations beneficial, Council of Europe Secretary General tells OSCE
Publishing date: 24 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 24 April 2008- Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the OSCE is good, but like other international organizations, the two could benefit from more specialization, Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis told the OSCE...
Cyber threat on the rise as terrorists recruit computer specialists, says OSCE expert
Publishing date: 10 April 2008
GARMISCH, Germany, 10 April 2008- Terrorist use of the Internet is on the rise, and terrorist organizations may employ cyber attacks alongside attacking physical targets, the head of the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit warned today...
OSCE, partners help Turkmenistan fight money laundering, financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAD, 5 March 2008- Supporting the efforts of Turkmenistan to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism was the aim of a workshop that ended in Ashgabad today...